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I have checked with the organisers from Saturdays airshow in Newcastle Co. Down and have been given the following information regarding the aircraft some thought was a Seafury when shown in post AIRCRAFT(image heavy).
Seafire XVII SX336 was built in April 1946 in Yeovil, missed WW2. It was put into storage in June 1953, scapped in 1955. The derelict fuselage was found in a scrap yard in Warrington in 1973.
It changed hands many times and was aquirred by a Tim J Manna in 2001 who finished the project, it made its first post resoration flight in 2006 in North Weald and is now used for air displays.
I am not convinced they are right or we got a different aircraft at the show I expected single coxpit, a sharper nose and exhausts showing if a Seafire? The letters they gave me SX336 do not match the aircraft below which shows VX281..
Sorry this shot is a bit? blurred. Comments welcome on which it is.
Seafire XVII SX336 was built in April 1946 in Yeovil, missed WW2. It was put into storage in June 1953, scapped in 1955. The derelict fuselage was found in a scrap yard in Warrington in 1973.
It changed hands many times and was aquirred by a Tim J Manna in 2001 who finished the project, it made its first post resoration flight in 2006 in North Weald and is now used for air displays.
I am not convinced they are right or we got a different aircraft at the show I expected single coxpit, a sharper nose and exhausts showing if a Seafire? The letters they gave me SX336 do not match the aircraft below which shows VX281..
Sorry this shot is a bit? blurred. Comments welcome on which it is.
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